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#2af2dc

a balanced, electric cyan · cool · closest name: turquoise

RGB
42, 242, 220
HSL
173°, 89%, 56%
CMYK
83, 0, 9, 5
Luminance
0.6916

Every format

HEX#2af2dc
RGBrgb(42, 242, 220)
HSLhsl(173, 89%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(83%, 0%, 9%, 5%)
LABlab(86.6 -50.7 -2.6)
LCHlch(86.6 50.8 182.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.866 0.148 183.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2af2dc;
background-color: #2af2dc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2af2dc] bg-[#2af2dc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2af2dc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.949, blue: 0.863)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2af2dc")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2af2dc on white: 1.42:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2af2dc on black: 14.83:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green94.9%
Blue86.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan82.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow9.1%
Key (black)5.1%

Color previews

#2af2dc text on a black background

contrast 14.83:1

Card sample

#2af2dc text on a white background

contrast 1.42:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2af2dc;
Background color
Panel with #2af2dc background
background-color: #2af2dc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2af2dc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 242, 220, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 242, 220, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2af2dc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2af2dc, #2A83F2);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2af2dc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2af2dc in the Color Lab